So..last post was in May. Yeah, yeah...I know...Sorry, okay?

Anyway, since May I think I have made some progress, if not money, and have made some decisions about what products I will continue to make and sell, and what products I probably won't.

I will continue to make the original HipScraps, but only in one standard size. The toddler sized ones are being renamed and will be sold as HeadScraps - fun hair covers, with some beading, embroidery, and trim, but not nearly as embellished as the HipScraps are. I'm also going to continue to make and sell the belts, but they are going to be a 'premium' item, and I am hoping to sell them as parts of complete accessory ensembles, rather than as a stand alone product.

With that in mind, I am introducing a new product - the Headband Headdress, which is a simple headband with heavily embellished fascinator-style pieces attached. At a recent convention at which I had the opportunity to vend, I learned that these will sell on their own, so I will be working hard in the next month to get some stock built up of them.

I will be vending again at a local festival, and have another product that I have been developing since 1994 that I hope to sell there. That product isn't really related to the bellydance stuff, though, but to the festival.

My goals for the festival, which is almost exactly a month away, are these:

* complete the belts I am currently working on
                - white and pearl belt
                - steampunk belt
                - green and amber peacock belt
* six headband headdresses
* order the supplies for and then manufacture the divination tool
* get sewing machine back in shape
* buy or borrow table and tent for booth at festival; possibly portable dancefloor as well
* order more HipScraps businesscards to pass out at festival


secondary goals:

* print an edition of three of the stories written as Victoria Oh and sell for a $0.50 a copy
* make up some more valkyrie headdresses, if there is time, to flesh out the booth a bit.

Other than the upcoming festival, promoting my business and making more belts and things, my major focus and goal is to get the show I am promoting off the ground. Its August now, and I want to start selling tickets as soon as I can.

The show is called TranscenDANCE, and my fervent hope is that this first show will just be the beginning. It is a dance show, open to any type of dancer, hopefully in November. If it goes well, I want to do more shows, maybe four times a year, then if it starts making regular money then once a year I want to have a convention with the same name.

Anyway. Big dreams, baby steps. Lots to do!